Hybrid drive train for a hybrid-drive motor vehicle

ABSTRACT

A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-drive vehicle, having a transmission, which can be shifted by shifting elements into different transmission steps, and which is connectable with respect to drive via an internal combustion engine shaft to an internal combustion engine, via an electric machine shaft to an electric machine, and via an output shaft to at least one vehicle axis. The internal combustion engine shaft and a pinion shaft, which can be connected with respect to drive to the output shaft, are connectable via spur gearwheel sets, which can be shifted by means of shifting elements and which each form gear planes, of which at least one hybrid gear plane is additionally connectable to the electric machine shaft. A further gear plane, which is free of attachments with respect to the electric machine shaft, directly adjoins the hybrid gear plane.

The invention relates to a hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-drive motorvehicle according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-drive vehicle is known from EP 2 792523 A2. It comprises a transmission which can be shifted into differenttransmission steps by means of shifting elements and which isconnectable with respect to drive via an internal combustion engineshaft to an internal combustion engine, via an electric machine shaft toan electric machine, and via an output shaft to at least one vehicleaxle. The internal combustion engine shaft is connectable via spurgearwheel sets, which form gear planes, to a pinion shaft. This pinionshaft in turn outputs on the output shaft via a spur gear step. The gearplanes of the hybrid transmission comprise a hybrid gear plane, which isconnected with respect to drive to the electric machine shaft.

The object of the invention is to provide a hybrid drivetrain, which hasgreater degrees of freedom in the functionality in a design which isstructurally simple and favorable with respect to installation space incomparison to the prior art.

The object is achieved by the features of patent claim 1. Preferredrefinements of the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.

According to the invention, a further gear plane V3, V4, which is freeof attachment with respect to the electric machine shaft, directlyadjoins the hybrid gear plane E1, E2 in the axial direction. Accordingto the characterizing part of patent claim 1, the hybrid gear plane E1,E2 and the further gear plane V3, V4 are components of a partialtransmission T1, T2 having shifting elements K1, K2; SE-E, SE-F, SE-D,by means of which the partial transmission T1, T2 can be decoupled fromthe drivetrain, i.e., deactivated, during the transmission mode.

In this manner, with shifted internal-combustion-engine gears, theelectric machine can be completely decoupled from the drivetrain. Themoment of inertia of the activated partial transmission is thusadvantageously reduced. Vice versa, with shifted electromotive gears,the internal combustion engine can also be completely decoupled from thedrivetrain.

In one technical implementation, the hybrid gear plane E1, E2 can beconstructed from an pinion-side gearwheel arranged on the pinion shaft,a drive-side gearwheel arranged on the internal combustion engine shaft,and a gearwheel arranged on the electric machine shaft. The gearwheelarranged on the electric machine shaft can be designed as a floatinggearwheel and can be decoupled by means of the shifting element K1, K2from the electric machine shaft or can be coupled thereto.

In one preferred embodiment, the transmission can comprise precisely twohybrid gear planes E1, E2. It is preferable if the electric machineshaft is entirely free of fixed gearwheels, which are arranged thereonin a rotationally-fixed manner, of the spur gearwheel sets, which formthe gear planes of the transmission.

Moreover, it is preferred if the transmission is designed solely as aspur gear transmission, in which the internal combustion engine shaft,the electric machine shaft, and the output shaft are exclusivelyconnectable to one another with respect to drive via spur gearwheelsets. In this manner, a simply constructed transmission structure isachieved, which is operable substantially more efficiently than aplanetary gear.

As mentioned above, the further gear plane V3, V4 is free of attachmentswith respect to the electric machine shaft, in contrast to the hybridgear plane. The further gear plane V3, V4 comprises an pinion-sidefloating gearwheel rotationally mounted on the pinion shaft, which canbe coupled to the pinion shaft by means of a shifting element SE-D,SE-E. It is preferable if the shifting element SE-D, SE-E arranged onthe pinion shaft can be shifted on both sides and is arranged in theaxial direction between the pinion-side floating gearwheels, which arerotationally mounted on the pinion shaft, of the hybrid gear plane E1,E2 and the further gear plane V3, V4.

The above-mentioned further gear plane V3, V4 can moreover comprise adrive-side floating gearwheel rotationally mounted on the internalcombustion engine shaft. It can be coupled by means of a shiftingelement SE-F to the internal combustion engine shaft. It is particularlypreferable if the drive-side floating gearwheels, which are rotationallymounted on the internal combustion engine shaft, of the hybrid gearplane E1, E2 and the further gear plane V3, V4 are arrangedrotationally-fixed on a common drive-side hollow shaft, which isrotationally-mounted coaxially on the internal combustion engine shaftand can be coupled via precisely one shifting element SE-F to theinternal combustion engine shaft.

In one preferred refinement, the two hybrid gear planes E1, E2 can eachbe part of a first and a second partial transmission T1, T2, which aredeactivatable in a transmission mode. In this case, it is preferable ifthe shifting element SE-F arranged on the internal combustion engine canbe shifted on both sides and is arranged in the axial direction betweenthe drive-side hollow shafts of the two partial transmissions Tl, T2.

The shifting element arranged on the electric machine shaft can beimplemented arbitrarily, for example, as a powershift freewheel clutchin combination with a clutch, as a powershift dual clutch, or as anon-powershift dual synchronizer. Moreover, the electric machine can beattached on the drive side or output side in the transmission. In thecase of a drive-side attachment, the gearwheel of the hybrid gear planeE1, E2 arranged on the electric machine shaft can mesh with a drive-sidefloating gearwheel rotationally mounted on the internal combustionengine shaft. In the case of an pinion-side attachment, the gearwheel ofthe hybrid gear plane E1, E2 arranged on the electric machine shaft canmesh with an pinion-side floating gearwheel rotationally mounted on theoutput shaft.

The above hybrid concept can be implemented in a simple manner buildingon a conventional manual shift transmission and can be used especiallyfor the front-wheel drive. The rear axle can possibly be mechanicallydecoupled from the front axle, but is drivable via a separate electricmachine to implement a four-wheel-drive. In the above hybrid concept,the electric machine can preferably be positioned at the end of thetransmission.

The advantageous embodiments and/or refinements of the inventionexplained above and/or reflected in the dependent claims can be usedindividually or also in any arbitrary combination with oneanother—except, for example, in the cases of unambiguous dependencies oralternatives which cannot be unified.

The invention and its advantageous embodiments and refinements and theadvantages thereof will be explained in greater detail hereafter on thebasis of drawings.

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FIG. 1 shows a transmission structure of a hybrid transmission embodiedas a spur gear manual shift transmission according to a first exemplaryembodiment;

FIG. 2 shows a second exemplary embodiment of the hybrid transmission ina view corresponding to FIG. 1; and

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a third and a fourth exemplary embodiment of thehybrid transmission in a view corresponding to FIG. 1.

A manual shift transmission 1 is shown in FIG. 1, which is part of ahybrid drivetrain of a hybrid-drive motor vehicle (not shown). Thetransmission 1, which can be shifted by means of shifting elements intodifferent transmission steps, is connected via an internal combustionengine shaft 3 having interconnected separating clutch 4 and torsiondamper 5 to an internal combustion engine 7 and via an electric machineshaft 9 to an electric machine 11. The electric machine 11 can comprisea planetary reduction gear 12 shown in FIG. 1 for a torque conversion.Moreover, the transmission 1 is connected with respect to drive on theoutput side via an output shaft 13 to a front axle VA of the motorvehicle. The output shaft 13 is operationally connected as a pinionshaft to the bevel drive of a front axle differential 15.

As can furthermore be seen from FIG. 1, the internal combustion engineshaft 3, the electric machine shaft 9, and an interposed pinion shaft 17are arranged axially-parallel to one another. The pinion shaft 17, theelectric machine shaft 9, and the output shaft 13 are connectable to oneanother with respect to drive via spur gearwheel sets, which can beshifted via the shifting elements. The spur gearwheel sets form the gearplanes V1 to V4 and E1 and E2, which are arranged parallel to oneanother and which are all located according to FIG. 1 in the axialdirection between the internal combustion engine 7 and the electricmachine 11.

The transmission structure of the hybrid transmission 1 shown in FIG. 1is described hereafter: Thus, in FIG. 1, the internal combustion engineshaft 3 and the pinion shaft 17 are connected to one another via gearplanes V1 to V4, which are each constructed from floating and fixedgearwheels meshing with one another. The floating gearwheels of the gearplanes V1 to V4 can be coupled via shifting elements SE-H and SE-F tothe respective supporting shaft 3, 17. The gear planes V1 to V4 are freeof attachments with respect to the electric machine shaft 9.

Moreover, two hybrid gear planes E1, E2 are provided. Each hybrid gearplane E1, E2 comprises an pinion-side gearwheel 19, 21 arranged on thepinion shaft 17, which meshes respectively with a drive-side gearwheel23, 25 arranged on the internal combustion engine shaft 3 and with an(electric-machine-side) floating gearwheel 27, 29 arranged coaxially tothe electric machine shaft 9. The pinion-side gearwheels 19, 21 of thehybrid gear planes E1, E2 are arranged in FIG. 1 as floating gearwheelson the pinion shaft 17, the drive-side gearwheels 23, 25 of which arealso rotationally mounted as floating gearwheels on the internalcombustion engine shaft 3.

In FIG. 1, a total of two partial transmissions T1, T2 are provided,which can be shifted completely torque-free in a transmission mode,i.e., can be completely decoupled from the drivetrain, so that the firstpartial transmission T1 and/or the second partial transmission T2 iscompletely deactivated. The first hybrid gear plane E1 and a further,directly axially adjacent gear plane V4 are combined in the firstpartial transmission T1. The second hybrid gear plane E2 and a directlyadjacent further gear plane V3 are combined with one another in thesecond partial transmission T2.

In the first partial transmission T1, the gear plane V4 comprises anpinion-side floating gearwheel 33 rotationally mounted on the pinionshaft 17. The pinion-side floating gearwheel 33 of the gear plane V4 andthe pinion-side floating gearwheel 19 of the first hybrid gear plane E1can be alternately coupled to the pinion shaft 17 via a shifting elementSE-D, which is arranged therebetween and can be shifted on both sides.Both the first hybrid gear plane E1 and also the gear plane V4 comprisedrive-side floating gearwheel 23, 25, which are rotationally mounted onthe internal combustion engine shaft 3 and which are jointly arrangedrotationally-fixed on a drive-side first hollow shaft 37. This shaft iscoaxially rotationally mounted on the internal combustion engine shaft 3and can be coupled via a shifting element SE-F to the internalcombustion engine shaft 3.

The second partial transmission T2 is constructed structurallyequivalent to the first partial transmission T1. In the second partialtransmission T2, the gear plane V3 comprises an pinion-side floatinggearwheel 39 rotationally mounted on the pinion shaft 17. Thepinion-side floating gearwheel 39 of the gear plane V3 and thepinion-side floating gearwheel 21 of the second hybrid gear plane E2 canbe alternately coupled to the pinion shaft 17 via a shifting elementSE-E, which is arranged therebetween and can be shifted on both sides.Both the second hybrid gear plane E2 and also the gear plane V3 comprisedrive-side floating gearwheels 25, 41, which are rotationally mounted onthe internal combustion engine shaft 3 and which are arranged jointlyrotationally-fixed on a drive-side second hollow shaft 43, which isrotationally mounted coaxially on the internal combustion engine shaft 3and can be coupled via the shifting element SE-F to the internalcombustion engine shaft 3. The shifting element SE-F, which is shared bythe two hollow shafts 37, 43, can be shifted on both sides and isarranged between the two drive-side hollow shafts 37, 43.

As can furthermore be seen from FIG. 1, the two electric-machine-sidegearwheels 27, 29 of the hybrid gear planes E1, E2 are shifted via adual clutch, which is constructed from a first clutch K1 and a secondclutch K2. The dual clutch has an outer plate carrier 45, which isconnected in a rotationally-fixed manner to the electric machine shaft9. The outer plate carrier 45 interacts with two inner plate carriers47, 49 arranged adjacent to one another in the axial direction. Theinner plate carrier 49 is arranged together with theelectric-machine-side gearwheel 27 of the first hybrid gear plane E1 ina rotationally-fixed manner on a hollow shaft 51. In contrast, the innerplate carrier 47 is arranged together with the electric-machine-sidegearwheel 29 of the second hybrid gear plane E2 in a rotationally-fixedmanner on a solid shaft 53, which extends coaxially through the hollowshaft 51.

The transmission shown in FIG. 1 comprises a total of 16 gearwheels,four synchronizers, and two clutches K1, K2. Up to teninternal-combustion-engine gears can be shifted in the transmission 1,i.e., the six internal-combustion-engine direct gears VM1 to VM6explained hereafter, which only use one gear plane, and the four torsiongears VM7 to VM10, which use at least two gear planes:

In the direct gears VM1 and VM2, the shifting element SE-H is shifted tothe left or right, respectively, while the two partial transmissions T1,T2 are inoperative.

In the direct gear VM3, SE-F is shifted to the right and SE-D is shiftedto the left. I.e., the partial transmission T1 is activated and thepartial transmission T2 is deactivated. This also applies to the directgear VM4, in which SE-F is shifted to the right and SE-D is also shiftedto the right.

In the following direct gears VMS and VM6, the partial transmission T2is activated and the partial transmission T1 is deactivated. In thedirect gear VMS, SE-F is shifted to the left and SE-E is shifted to theright. In the direct gear VM 6, SE-F is shifted to the left and SE-E isshifted to the right.

Of the following four internal-combustion-engine torsion gears VM7 toVM10, in the gear VM7, the shifting element SE-F is shifted to theright, the clutches K1 and K2 are actuated and the shifting element SE-Eis shifted to the left. In the torsion gear VM8, SE-F is shifted to theright, the two clutches K1, K2 are actuated, and SE-E is shifted to theright. In the torsion gear VM9, SE-F is shifted to the left, the twoclutches K1, K2 are actuated, and SE-D is shifted to the left. In thetorsion gear VM10, SE-F is shifted to the left, the two clutches K1, K2are actuated, and SE-D is shifted to the right.

In the solely electromotive mode of the transmission 1 shown in FIG. 1,up to 8 electromotive gears can be shifted, i.e., the following twodirect gears EM1, EM2 and the six torsion gears EM3 to EM8:

Thus, in the direct gear EMI, the clutch K1 is actuated and the shiftingelement SE-D is shifted to the left. In the direct gear EM2, the clutchK2 is actuated and the shifting element SE-E is shifted to the left. Inthe electromotive torsion gear EM3, the clutch K1 is actuated and SE-Dis shifted to the right. In the torsion gear EM4, the clutch K1 isactuated and SE-F is shifted to the right and SE-H is shifted to theleft. In the torsion gear E5, the clutch K1 is actuated, SE-F is shiftedto the right and SE-H is shifted to the right. In the torsion gear EM6,the clutch K2 is actuated and SE-E is shifted to the right. In thetorsion gear EM7, the second clutch K2 is actuated, SE-F is shifted tothe left, and SE-H is shifted to the left. In the torsion gear EM8, theclutch K2 is actuated, SE-F is shifted to the left and SE-H is shiftedto the right.

From the above internal-combustion-engine gears VM1 to VM10 and theelectromotive gears EM1 to EM8, up to 28 hybrid gears can be implementedin combination, in which electromotive and internal-combustion-enginegears are shifted in combination.

Special driving operating modes are highlighted hereafter, which areimplementable by means of the transmission shown in FIG. 1:

Thus, stationary charging of the electric machine 11 is enabled usingthe transmission structure shown in FIG. 1, if the vehicle is at avehicle standstill, for example, at a traffic signal or in a trafficjam. In this case, for example, the shifting element SE-F can beactuated to the right to connect the internal combustion engine shaft 3to the first hybrid gear plane E1. At the same time, the clutch K1(consisting of the outer plate carrier 45 and the inner plate carrier49) is closed to connect the first hybrid gear plane E1 to the electricmachine shaft 9. A torque flow can thus take place from the internalcombustion engine 7 via the internal combustion engine shaft 3, thefirst hybrid gear plane E1, and the closed clutch K1 up to the electricmachine 11.

Moreover, an internal combustion engine start can be carried out withthe aid of the electric machine 11. The electric machine 11 can startthe internal combustion engine 7 via a load path in which, for example,the second clutch K2 (consisting of the outer plate carrier 45 and theinner plate carrier 47) is closed and the shifting element SE-F isactuated to the left.

Furthermore, in FIG. 1, a shifting procedure between theinternal-combustion-engine gears 1 to 6 can take place with the aid ofthe electric machine 11 without interruption of traction force,specifically, for example, with the aid of the electromotive gears EM1,EM2, which act as support gears during the internal-combustion-engineshifting. Such a shifting procedure is started with opening of theseparating clutch 4 to decouple the internal combustion engine 7 fromthe transmission 1. An engaged electromotive support gear provides asupport load path, which extends from the electric machine 11 to thedrive side, during the shifting procedure taking place between theinternal-combustion-engine gears. During the shifting procedure (i.e.,the internal combustion engine 7 is decoupled from the drivetrain bymeans of the separating clutch 4), the electric machine 11 can thusgenerate a drive torque which is transmitted via the support load pathto the output side.

The above state of affairs is explained hereafter on the basis of ashifting procedure free of an interruption of traction force between thethird and fourth internal-combustion-engine gears, in which theelectromotive second gear EM2 acts as a support gear: Thus, in thetransmission 1 of FIG. 1, in the internal-combustion-engine third gearVM3, the shifting element SE-F is shifted to the right and the shiftingelement SE-D is shifted to the left. A load path thus extends from theinternal combustion engine 7, the partial transmission T1, and thepinion shaft 17 up to the pinion-side spur gear drive St, while thepartial transmission T2 is deactivated (stationary). At the beginning ofthe shifting procedure, the separating clutch 4 is disengaged and theshifting element SE-D is shifted into its neutral position. Moreover,the electromotive gear EM2, which acts as a support gear, is engaged,i.e., the plate clutch K2 is closed and the shifting element SE-E isshifted to the left, and the electric machine 11 is started up. A loadtransmission thus takes place from the electric machine 11 to the pinionshaft 17, during which the electric machine 11 generates an arbitrarilysettable torque.

The shifting procedure into the target gear VM4 is continued by shiftingthe shifting element SE-D to the right from its neutral position. A loadpath is thus prepared from the internal combustion engine 7 via theshifting element SE-F, the gear plane V4, the shifting element SE-D, andthe pinion shaft 17 up to the pinion-side spur gear drive St. At the endof the shifting procedure, the separating clutch 4 is closed again,i.e., the internal combustion engine 7 switches on, and the electricmachine 11 is shut down again, so that the target gear VM4 is shiftedand once again a load transmission takes place from the internalcombustion engine 7 to the output side.

Therefore, any shift can be supported by means of an electromotivesupport gear in the transmission 1 of FIG. 1.

Moreover, an electromotive start from a vehicle standstill or a boostmode, in which multiple electromotive gears are available for boostingfor individual internal-combustion-engine gears, is enabled by means ofthe transmission 1 shown in FIG. 1.

Modifications of the transmission 1 shown in FIG. 1 are described on thebasis of following FIGS. 2 and 3:

Thus, in FIG. 2, the two electric-machine-side gearwheels 27, 29 of thehybrid gear planes E1, E2 are not connectable to the electric machineshaft 9 via a dual clutch (FIG. 1), but rather instead of this by meansof a freewheel clutch F and a plate clutch K. The plate clutch Kcomprises an outer plate carrier 45, which is attachedrotationally-fixed on both the electric machine shaft 9 and also thehollow shaft 51. The outer plate carrier 45 acts on an inner platecarrier 47. This carrier is arranged rotationally-fixed together withthe electric-machine-side gearwheel 29 of the hybrid level 1 on thesolid shaft 53, which extends coaxially through the hollow shaft 51. Thegearwheel 27 of the first hybrid gear plane E1 is connectable via thefreewheel clutch F to the hollow shaft 51. The freewheel clutch F isassociated with a shifting element SE-I, which can be shifted into twooperating positions: In the operating position shown, a torquetransmission is enabled from the electric machine shaft 9 via the outerplate carrier 45 and via the hollow shaft 51 in the direction toward thegearwheel 27 of the first hybrid gear plane E1 and the freewheelfunction is activated in the opposite direction, i.e., a torquetransmission is prevented. If the freewheel clutch inner side 58connected to the hollow shaft 51 thus rotates faster than the gearwheel27, the hollow shaft 51 drives the gearwheel 27. In a second operatingposition, the shifting element SE-I is shifted to the left in FIG. 2. Inthis case, a torque transmission is enabled in both directions. Theelectromotive gears can be powershifted both in FIG. 2 and also in FIG.1.

In FIG. 3, the electric machine 11 is no longer attached on the outputside to the transmission 1 (as in FIGS. 1 and 2), but rather is attachedon the drive side to the transmission 1. In such a drive-sideattachment, the electric-machine-side gearwheels 27, 29 of the hybridgear planes E1 and E2 no longer mesh with the pinion-side gearwheels 19,21 of the hybrid gear planes E1 and E2, but rather with the drive-sidegearwheels 23, 25 of the hybrid gear planes E1 and E2.

An electromotive reverse gear is provided in FIGS. 1 to 3, in which theelectric machine 11 is to be operated in the reverse direction.

A modification of the transmission structure shown in FIG. 3 is shown inFIG. 4. Accordingly, the electric-machine-side gearwheel 27 of the firsthybrid gear plane E1, as in FIG. 3, is attached on the output side,i.e., it meshes with the associated pinion-side gearwheel 19 of thehybrid gear plane E1. In contrast to FIG. 3, however, in FIG. 4, theelectric-machine-side gearwheel 29 of the second hybrid gear plane E2 isno longer in tooth engagement with the associated pinion-side gearwheel21 of the second hybrid gear plane E2, but rather is attached on thedrive side. This drive-side attachment is illustrated in FIG. 4 by meansof a dashed double arrow, which is to represent a driving connectionbetween the electric-machine-side gearwheel 29 and the drive-sidegearwheel 25 of the second hybrid gear plane E2.

In such a transmission structure, an internal-combustion-engine reversegear can be implemented, in which a load path is led from the internalcombustion engine 7, the torsion damper 5, the closed separating clutch4, the internal combustion engine shaft 3, the shifting element SE-Fshifted to the left, the hollow shaft 43, the drive-side gearwheel 25and the electric-machine-side gearwheel 29 of the second hybrid gearplane E2, the solid shaft 53, the closed clutches K1, K2, the hollowshaft 51, the electric-machine-side gearwheel 27, and the drive-sidegearwheel 19 of the first hybrid gear plane E1, and the shifting elementSE-D actuated to the left and the pinion shaft 17 up to the output side.

1-16. (canceled)
 17. A hybrid drivetrain for a hybrid-drive vehicle, comprising: a transmission, which can be shifted by shifting elements into different transmission steps, in particular a manual shift transmission, and which is connectable via an internal combustion engine shaft to an internal combustion engine, via an electric machine shaft to an electric machine, and via an output shaft to at least one vehicle axle, wherein the internal combustion engine shaft and a pinion shaft, which can be connected with respect to drive to the output shaft, are connectable via spur gearwheel sets, which can be shifted by shifting elements and which each form gear planes, of which at least one hybrid gear plane is additionally connectable to the electric machine shaft, wherein a further gear plane, which is free of attachments with respect to the electric machine shaft, directly adjoins the hybrid gear plane, wherein the hybrid gear plane and the further gear plane are components of a partial transmission having shifting elements, by which the partial transmission can be decoupled from the drivetrain during the transmission mode, i.e., can be deactivated.
 18. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 17, wherein the hybrid gear plane includes a pinion-side gearwheel arranged on the pinion shaft, a drive-side gearwheel arranged on the internal combustion engine shaft, and an electric-machine-side gearwheel, and the electric-machine-side gearwheel is designed as a floating gearwheel and can be decoupled from the electric machine shaft or coupled thereto by means of the shifting element.
 19. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 17, wherein the transmission has precisely two hybrid gear planes.
 20. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 17, wherein the electric machine shaft is free of fixed gearwheels, which are arranged thereon in a rotationally-fixed manner, of the spur gearwheel sets forming the gear planes.
 21. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 17, wherein the pinion shaft is connected via a spur gear step to the output shaft, and in particular all gear planes are arranged in the axial direction between the spur gear step and the electric machine.
 22. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 18, wherein the pinion-side gearwheel, which is arranged on the pinion shaft, of the at least one hybrid gear plane is a floating gearwheel, which can be coupled by one of the shifting elements to the pinion shaft, and/or the drive-side gearwheel, which is arranged on the internal combustion shaft, of the hybrid gear plane is a floating gearwheel, which can be coupled by another shifting element to the internal combustion engine shaft.
 23. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 18, wherein the further gear plane includes a pinion-side floating gearwheel, which is rotationally mounted on the pinion shaft and can be coupled by one of the shifting elements to the pinion shaft, and in particular a first shifting element arranged on the pinion shaft can be shifted on both sides and is arranged in an axial direction between the pinion-side floating gearwheels, which are rotationally mounted on the pinion shaft, of the hybrid gear plane and the further gear plane, wherein the first shifting element is decoupled in a neutral position from the hybrid gear plane and the further gear plane and the first shifting element either couples the pinion-side floating gearwheel of the further gear plane to the pinion shaft in a first shifting position or couples the pinion-side floating gearwheel of the hybrid gear plane to the pinion shaft in a second shifting position.
 24. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 23, wherein in the partial transmission, the further gear plane includes a drive-side floating gearwheel rotationally mounted on the internal combustion engine shaft, which can be coupled by second shifting element to the internal combustion engine shaft, and in particular the floating gearwheels, which are rotationally mounted on the internal combustion engine shaft, of the hybrid gear plane and the further gear plane are arranged in a rotationally-fixed manner on a pinion-side hollow shaft, which is coaxially rotationally mounted on the internal combustion engine shaft and can be coupled via precisely one shifting element to the internal combustion engine shaft.
 25. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 19, wherein the two hybrid gear planes are each a component of a first and a second partial transmission, and in particular one of the shifting elements arranged on the internal combustion engine shaft can be shifted on both sides and is arranged in the axial direction between the drive-side hollow shafts of the two partial transmissions, wherein the shifting element is decoupled in a neutral position from both hollow shafts and the shifting element either couples the drive-side hollow shaft of the first partial transmission to the internal combustion engine shaft in a first shifting position or couples the drive-side hollow shaft of the second partial transmission to the internal combustion engine shaft in a second shifting position.
 26. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 17, wherein the electric machine is attached on the pinion side, and for the pinion-side attachment of the electric machine, the electric-machine-side gearwheel of the hybrid gear plane meshes with the pinion-side floating gearwheel rotationally mounted on the pinion shaft.
 27. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 17, wherein the electric machine is attached on the drive side, and for the drive-side attachment of the electric machine, the electric-machine-side gearwheel of the hybrid gear plane meshes with the drive-side floating gearwheel rotationally mounted on the internal combustion engine shaft.
 28. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 17, wherein one electric-machine-side gearwheel of a hybrid gear plane is attached on the pinion side, i.e., meshes with the associated pinion-side gearwheel of the hybrid gear plane, and the other electric-machine-side gearwheel of the other hybrid gear plane is attached on the drive side, i.e., meshes with the associated drive-side gearwheel of the other hybrid gear plane.
 29. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 17, wherein the electric machine shaft is connected via a first shifting element to the first hybrid gear plane and is connected using a second shifting element to the second hybrid gear plane.
 30. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 29, wherein, the electric-machine-side gearwheel of the first hybrid gear plane is arranged, in particular in a rotationally-fixed manner, on a hollow shaft coaxial to the electric machine shaft, and in particular the hollow shaft is connectable via the first shifting element, in particular a clutch, to the electric machine shaft, and the electric-machine-side gearwheel of the second hybrid gear plane is arranged in a rotationally-fixed manner on a solid shaft guided coaxially through the hollow shaft, and the solid shaft is connectable via the second shifting element, in particular a clutch to the electric machine shaft.
 31. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 30, wherein the first shifting element is a freewheel clutch, and the gearwheel of the first hybrid gear plane is connectable via the freewheel clutch to the hollow shaft attached in a rotationally-fixed manner to the electric machine shaft, and the freewheel clutch is associated with a shifting element, wherein another shifting element permits a torque transmission from the electric machine shaft to the hollow shaft and suppresses it in the opposite direction in a first shifting position, and permits the torque transmission in both directions in a second shifting position.
 32. The drivetrain as claimed in claim 31, wherein the second shifting element is a clutch, using which the solid shaft is connectable to the electric machine shaft, wherein in particular the outer plate carrier of the clutch is fixedly attached to both the electric machine shaft and also the hollow shaft. 